Improvement in drag-sawing machines



0. F. SILGOTT. v Drag-Sawing Machine.

No. 212,577. Patented Feb. 25,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orr-ion.

OSCAR F. SILOOTT, OF FELIOITY, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAG-SAWING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,577, dated February25, 1879; application filed December 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OSCAR F. SILCOTT, ofFelicity, in the county of Glermont and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and use ful Improvements in Combination Orosscut and BuckSawing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in the combination of the saw attached to thelower end of the swinging lever, which is bolted to the long arm of themachine-frame, and connected by a connecting-rod to the driving-shaft,upon the opposite ends of which are a crank and flywheel, the frameworkA, B, and C, the connecting-rods D, and the buck, with its lever G andsaw-guide F.

The use of this machine will be readily understood at a glance; but theobject of my invention is to produce a simple and easy method forcrosscut or drag and buck sawing, by economizing the labor of theoperator, and at the same time enabling one person to perform the laborof two persons, ordinarily, in crosscutting logs, and to do buck-sawingwith less exertion than is usually required in the old way ofbuck-sawing firewood.

My invention is more fully set forth in the accompanying drawings, wherefigures and letters denote the parts.

Figure 1 is a side view of my machine complete. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe buck attachment with the lever raised. Fig. 3 is a top view of theunder side of one end of the long arm, showing the saw guide and thepins for holding the arm fast to the log.

In Fig. 1, A is one ofthe upright pieces, with a corresponding piece onthe opposite side, between which, and at the top, is bolted one end ofthe long arm 13, the other end of which rests upon the log, and isfastened to it while sawing by the pins in its under side. I) is thesaw-guide. G is a brace, bolted to the lower ends of the uprights A, andto the sides of the long arm B at a point where the swinging lever ismortised into it. D D are connecting-rods, fastened to the lower ends ofthe uprights A, and to one end of the buck, to hold it securely in itsplace. E is the buck; F, the saw-guide; G, the lever for holding thestick of wood securely in the buck while it is being sawed in two. H isthe connecting-rod, which is loosely pinned at one end to the swinginglever I, and the other end is clamped around the center of thedrivingrshaft, which is D-shaped. l[ is the swinging lever; J, the sawand handle; K, the driving-shaft; M, the fly-wheel.

The dotted lines represent the saw after it has been unpinned from thebottom of the swinging lever and reversed for wood or buck sawing. Thedriving-shaft Kis clamped to the sides of the uprights A. The littleholes'in the swinging lever are for the purpose of regulating thestroke.

In Fig. 2, E is the buck, represented with a stick of wood upon it readyfor sawing. G is the lever for holding the stick securely in its placewhile sawing it into stove-lengths. The lever is elevated to a point atX in Fi 1, where it remains fixed by an offset out in its side atoneend, which rests against the top end of one leg of the buck, so thatit will be within easy reach of the operator when the stick has beenplaced within the buck for sawing. F is the saw-guide, one side of whichforms one leg of the buck.

In Fig. 3 is shown the under side of the long arm B, the end of whichrests upon the log, showing the saw-guide and the pins for holding thelong arm securely in its place while the log is being sawed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the uprights A, with the long arm B, with itssaw-guide b, and the braces G, the swinging lever I, and theconnecting-rod H to the D-shaped driving-shaft K, with its fly-wheel Mand crank L, together with the saw and handle J, making the drag orcrosscut sawin'g machine, the connectingrod D, the buck D, lever Gr, andthe saw-guide F, with all their parts combined, making a machinecomplete for drag or crosscut and buck sawing, substantially as hereinshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses,

OSCAR F. SILOOT'I. Witnesses:

T. G. DENNIS, 1%. F. DAY.

